Steve Levy is said to have been assured that if his gubernatorial ambitions as a GOPer don’t work out, he will be the Suffolk County GOP’s nominee for County Executive next year when his seat comes up for re-election, according to several people.

LaValle is expected to formally switch his support from Rick Lazio to Levy today and has been a part of the plan to get the Democratic Suffolk County Executive to run for governor, according to sources.

LaValle didn’t respond to Knickerbocker requests for comment, but several sources said he has assured Levy that he is “covered” if he either doesn’t get enough support at the GOP state convention to get on the ballot, or if becomes the nominee but loses to Andrew Cuomo in the fall.

“He’s been told he’ll be the Republican nominee for County Executive,” said one source. “It’s totally risk-averse for him to do this.”

Mike Long, head of the state Conservative Party, said the fact was that “Ed Cox is the guy who recruited Steve Levy, and the regional vice chairmen other than LaValle were (hard to move toward this).”

“And now (Republicans) have to deal with (questions like) does Steve Levy think Obama’s health care plan is good? Does Steve Levy think…that is that a good idea for New Yorkers? Where does he stand on those issues?”

He added, “Is he gonna support the Republican candidates for comptroller or is he going to selectively (endorse GOPers?) Is he going to do the Michael Bloomberg role, or is he going to be a true, born-again, bona fide Republican?”